Key Points and Summary - Israel's Merkava IV is arguably the best-designed tank on Earth, not because of its speed or firepower, but for its absolute focus on crew survivability. -Born from the ...

July 30, 2023: Israel recently revealed that it is negotiating the sale of 200 older Merkava tanks. The sale value of these tanks is estimated to be more than $50 million. There are two potential ...

Key point: Active protection systems may very well steal the day. The Israeli Merkava (Chariot) main battle tank is an example of a sophisticated weapon system designed to deal with very specific ...

The Merkava series of tanks have been in service with the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) since the late 1970s, and it has been steadily upgraded and improved. The latest version, which entered service ...

Israel may be about to export its workhorse Merkava tank for the first time. Reports say Israel is in talks to sell the tank to a European and a Middle Eastern country. If exported widely, the tank ...

April 4, 2021: Israel is the smallest nation in the world to design and build its own tanks. This was the result of the 1973 Arab-Israeli War, which took Israel by surprise and inflicted heavy losses ...

Rolls-Royce Solutions America Inc. has been awarded a $73.5 million contract to supply transmission-related kits and technical engineering services for Israel’s Merkava tanks under the U.S. Foreign ...